Short Film Theater: ‘Seeking You’

— by ROBERT DeFEIS —

In this short, you will find a man who has lost his love and in turn goes out to find her in the night of Hong Kong. He learns that the love he feels for this woman is nothing other than a love for this city, and that this woman is nothing other than the city itself.

Jean-Julien Pous is the writer/director of this poetically ambiguous ode to sensuality and seduction. He stated that he wanted to do an erotic short because the genre was very underdeveloped in animation. He has succeeded very well in his attempts to create such a film.

Throughout, the short is spoken in French with subtitles in English. This forces you to read the dialogue instead of watching the animation, which is my only gripe with the film. The art style of the animation is really amazing as is the short itself; for me it is very pleasing to the eyes.

“Seeking You” received many official selections in Film Festivals around the world.